COMPILED BY MISS HELEN KLINE MR. M. P. WHITENIGHT MRS. HENRY STOLL PUBLISHED BY GILSON LITHOGRAPHING COMPANY Wauseon, Ohio 1 9 6 0 Starting with only a few note, concerning the Kline family, this genealogy became so large it has been necessary to shorten the records of each family, We hope you will use the Addenda to record the exact dates of your loved ones. It will be deemed a favor if you will send me any corrections or information on relatives we have been unable to trace. Mrs. Henry Stoll 315 W. Jackson St. Fostoria, Ohio Copyright, 1960, by Mrs. Henry Stoll All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form. "One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh, but the earth abideth forever." ECCLESIASTES 1-4 It has been a privilege and a pleasure to be associated with so many friendly people. Only with your cordial co-operation, your interest and encouragement could the records of so many families be given in this genealogy. We express our thanks and sincere appreciation. Many of you have copied Bible records, loaned pictures, made a trip to a neighboring cemetery, contacted relatives to secure more information and other acts of loving-kindness. It would be difficult to name all the relatives who have been of great assistance, but it would be unjust not to mention such tireless co-workers as Miss Carolyn Mosher of Hornell, N. Y., Mrs. Paul E. Rote, Millville, Pennsylvania, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Fausey, Orangeville, Pennsylvania, Mr. M. P. Whitenight, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania and Miss Helen Kline, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania who have compiled certain chapters of these records. Much of the data used in this genealogy is taken from old wills, deeds, court petitions and county histories and Miss Kline and Mr. Whitenight have spent many hours in research that we may feel certain that the records used are authentic. If error has crept in, it has not been from any want of good intention. We are deeply greatful to the Gilson Lithograhing Company, Wauseon, Ohio, for their excellent work in publishing these records, and give special thanks to Jeannette Viers for her interest and skill in typesetting. Mr. Carl Gilson is a great-great grandson of Harmon 1800 and Catherine Shipman Kline. THE EARLY GENERATIONS 5 HARMON S. KLINE 1800-1889 15 JACOB KLINE (CLINE) 1802-1877 43 JOSEPH KLINE 1807-1880 49 SUSANNAH KLINE MELLICK 1809-1849 71 JOHN KLINE 1811-1888 73 GEORGE KLINE 1813-1866 91 PAUL KLINE 1815-1870 101 MARY ANN KLINE WHITENIGHT 1819-1879 107 MAHALA KLINE MORDAN 1828-1899 121 UZILLA KLINE ARTMAN 1832-1892 127 ISAAC KLINE 1840 - 139 ABRAHAM KLINE 1841-1917 145 ISAIAH KLINE 1842-1901 149 SARAH ELIZABETH KLINE FAUSEY 1844-1922 153 OTHER DESCENDANTS OF ABRAHAM 1735 161 THE EARLY GENERATIONS 5 1. Hieronymus Kline, of the Queen Anne Company, left New York about 1710 and was among the earliest Palatinate settlers of New Jersey. Settled with his wife Maria on the Cox-Kirkbride tract of 10,000 acres. Some records show he was the great grandson of Jan Cornelisson Klyn who came from Holland to New Amsterdam about 1625. 2. Herman Kline, of Kingwood township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. His will proved in 1787 names five sons: Isaac, Herman, George; John and Abraham Kline, and five daughters: Christeen, wife of Tunis Hummer; Catherine, wife of Jacob Gearhart; Mary, wife of Henry Mead; Rachael, wife of Joseph Bishop and Sophia, wife of George Kramer. 3. Abraham Kline, 1735-1828 - Born in Hunterdon County, New Jersey and died in Columbia County, Pa. Married Charity Ann Kramer. Buried in Hidlay Church Cemetery. 4. Harman Kline, 1760-1832 - Born in New Jersey and married in that state to Diana Robbins. Moved to Columbia County, Pa, with his parents in 1785. Died in Mount Pleasant township and is buried in the Vanderslice Cemetery. 5. Harman Kline, Jr. 1778-1851 - Born in New Jersey and died in Mount Pleasant township, Columbia County, Pa. Married (1) Susannah Gilbert (2) Sarah Fox. Buried in Vanderslice Ceme­ tery. Harman was the father of 24 children - 12 each marriage. Mathias Kramer, fled from the lower Rhine Valley to England and to New York in 1710. His wife's name was Anna Maria. Nine children: Mathias, Morritz, Charity Ann, George, Anthony, William, Bleich, Nicholas and Mary. Settled near Lebanon, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. HUNTERDON COUNTY RECORDS April 7, 1769 Walter Rutherford, of Edgerton in Lebanon, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, sold to Herman Kline, Andreas Kerger, Anthony Kramer and Henry Huffman, of said county, Elders of Calvinistical Congregation, adjacent to Round Valley of Lebanon, for one shilling, a tract of land on which to build a Meeting House with a graveyard adjoining, and a lane to the High Road. Deed Book 2 pg. 5 Flemington, N. J. 6 THE KLINE KLAN October 8, 1763 . Herman Kline was administrator of the estate of John Peter Neitzer who kept store in German Valley, and had on his ledger the names of 228 customers, most of them German families who came from Morris, Hunterdon and Warren Counties to trade with one of their own race. The Neitzer property was at Roxbury, New Jersey. (near Succasunna) APRIL 26, 1787 The will of Herman Kline probated and recorded at Trenton, New Jersey, Will Libr. 29 - pg. 290 as follows: In the name of God, Amen. The first day of August in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven, I, Herman Kline (Cline), of Kingwood township, in the County of Hunterdon, and province of West New Jersey, yoeman, being old and weak in body, but of perfect mind and memory, thanks be given unto God therefore, calling unto mind the mortality of my body and knowing it is appointed for all men to die, do make and ordain this my last will and testament; that is to say, Principally and first of all, I give and recommend my soul into the hands of God that gave it; and for my body, I recommend it to the Earth, to be buried in a Christianlike and decent manner, at the discretion of my executors, nothing doubting but.at the general Resurrection, I shall receive the same again by the Mighty Power of God, and as touch­ ing such worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life, I give, devise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form. Item. - I give and bequeath unto my son Isaac Cline my weaving loom and tacien belonging thereto for his Berth right: Item. I give and bequeath unto my son Isaac Cline one half of my plantation, that part where he now lives on and two acres of mea­ dow ground above the half of my settlement, to him and his heirs and assigns for Ever. Item. I give and bequeath unto my son Herman Cline my Dutch Bible and the plantation he now lives on, to him, his heirs and assigns for Ever. Item. I give and bequeath unto my son George Cline the one half of my plantation where he now lives on, to him, his heirs and assigns for Ever excepting two acres meadow ground before men­ tioned. Item. I give and bequeath unto my son John Cline the plantation where he now lives on, to him, his heirs and assigns for Ever. Item. I give and bequeath unto my son Abraham Cline the planta­ tion he now lives on. to him, his heirs and assigns for Ever. Item. I order that my son Isaac Cline shall pay a legacy to my daughter Christeen, the wife of Tunis Hummer, the sum of eighty THE EARLY GENERATIONS 7 pounds current money one year after my decease. Item. I order that my son Herman Cline shall pay a legacy to my daughter Cathrine, the wife of Jacob Keerheart, the sum of eighty pounds current money one year after my decease. Item. I order that my son George Cline shall pay a legacy to my daughter Mary, the wife of Henry Mead, the sum of eighty pounds current money one year after my decease. Item. I order that my son John Cline shall pay a legacy to my daughter Rachel, the wife of Joseph Bishop, the sum of eighty pounds current money one year after my decease. Item. I order that my son Abraham Cline shall pay a legacy to my daughter Sophia, the wife of George Cramer, the sum of eighty pounds current money one year after my decease. Item. I order my executors to sell my personal estate after my decease at Publick vendue and to be divided Eaquilly between all my sons and daughters Each of them their Eaquil proportion. And lastly. I constitute, make and ordain Hermen Cline and Abraham Cline, my sons, my only and sole executors of this, my last will and testament, and, I do hereby utterly disallow, revoke and disannul all and every other former testaments wills legacies and executors, by me in any ways before this named, willed and bequeathed. Ratifying and confirming this, and no other, to be my last will and testament. In Witness there of, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, the day and year first above written. (signed) Hermen Kline Signed Sealed Published Pronounced and Declared By the said Hermen Cline as his last will and Testament in the presence of us the subscribers Abrah Couwenhoven Jacob Demott Henry Swesey Codicil Whereas I Herman Kline have by my last will and Testament, dated the first day of August, Seventeen hundred and Seventy Seven - Devised, given disposed of the half of my homested as in said will is expressed to my son George Kline, who having died intistated therefore; I do by this writing which I declare to be a codicil to my said will and direct to be taken as part thereof, will and direct that my son Isaac Kline shall be an executor of my said will in the room and sted of my son Abraham Kline.